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CISL: Communicating for Influence and Impact

Develop your leadership abilities with communication skills that foster collaboration and influence positive change in any context.

Develop your leadership abilities with communication skills that foster collaboration and influence positive change in any context.

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This course is offered by , an edX partner
8 weeks
8–10 hours per week
Starts Jul 10, 2024
Enroll by Jul 16, 2024
Instructor-paced
Instructor-led on a course schedule
8 weeks
8–10 hours per week
Starts Jul 10, 2024
Enroll by Jul 16, 2024
Instructor-paced
Instructor-led on a course schedule

About this Course

Strong communication skills can help you to achieve impact and accelerate change for the benefit of society. As systems become increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous, finely tuned communication skills can help foster collaboration, improve problem-solving, and impact decision-making. Whether in social groups or business organizations, leaders across all segments of society and industry need to leverage communication to better meet objectives, influence stakeholders, and drive positive change.

The Communicating for Influence and Impact online short course from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) provides comprehensive insights and a range of tools to develop impactful communication. Throughout the course, you'll learn how to communicate in a purpose-driven way to overcome barriers to success and get the opportunity to assess your leadership style. You’ll also learn communication techniques to help shape the future you want, while earning a digital certificate of completion validating your newfound skills.

This online short course is designed to help existing and aspiring leaders to become more effective communicators, and to influence change within and beyond their networks. It’s beneficial to all professionals who are driven to align business success with the delivery of positive social and environmental outcomes. The course curriculum is suited to those looking to build on past training and experience with an online course designed to provide communication tools and skills to maximize influence and impact, while championing authenticity and integrity.

Course curriculum

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Improve your leadership and communication skills to influence change as you work through the weekly modules of this online short course.

Orientation module: Welcome to your Online Campus

Module 1: The need for impactful communication

Module 2: The role of communication in shaping society

Module 3: Attributes of an effective communicator

Module 4: Communicate effectively using listening and storytelling

Module 5: Purpose-driven communication and influence

Module 6: Influence change within and beyond your network

Module 7: Collaborating to achieve impact

Module 8: Maximising your influence and impact

About the certificate

Acquire the abilities necessary to become a persuasive communicator and earn an official certificate of completion from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.

Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical assignments completed online. In order to be issued with your digital certificate, you’ll need to meet the requirements outlined in the course handbook. The handbook will be made available to you as soon as you begin the course.

Your certificate will be issued in your legal name and sent to you digitally upon successful completion of the program, as per the stipulated requirements.

Some facts about the subject

50%

The percentage of major global companies that will be using AI, advanced supply chain analytics, and IoT in supply chain operations by 2023.

Gartner (Dec, 2018).

$9.87 million

The expected global supply chain analytics market size by 2025.

Grand View Research (Aug, 2019).

Why choose GetSmarter?

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